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JOI-IN GERHARD NIEKAMP, OF FORT RECOVERY, OHIO.

TROUSERS-PATTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 523,590, dated July24,1894.

Application iiled September 21,1893. Serial No. 486,106. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN GERHARD NIE- KAMP, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Fort Recovery, in the county of Mercer and State ofOhio, have invented a new and useful Pants-Pattern, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in pants patterns; the objects inview'being to provide a durable pattern that is adapted to be accuratelyand readily adjusted and to constitute a pattern to be followed incutting trousers, and to be capable of producing when followed trousersof any desired proportions and size.

Various other objects and advantages 'of the invention will appear inthe following description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings:-Figure 1 is a plan view of the front sectionof a trousers pattern embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar viewof the rear section, in both instances the patterns being extended totheir utmost limit for producing a large size of trousers. Fig. 3 is a-view similar to Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 2, the patternbeing constructed so as to produce the smallest sizeof trousers. Fig. 5is a transverse sectional view through the hip adjustingstrips. Fig. 6is a similar view through the leg-adjusting strips. v

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

Inasmuch as the front and back patterns are substantially the same, adescription of one will suffice for that of the other.

Referring therefore to Figs. 1 and 3 more particularly, wherein I haveillustrated the pattern for the front, l designates the'bodyportion orbase of the pattern, the same preferably being formed of sheet-iron asis also the remainder of the pattern, and of some- Adjacent to the lowercorners Aof this base-portion, headed rivets or studs 2 are located, andthe same pass through transverse slots 3 andft which are formed in theouter and inner side-plates 5 and 6 respectively, which project from thelower end of the aforesaid blank. These plates are narrower than theblank, and each has attached in any suitablemanner to its upper innercorner an inwardly disposedstrip 7, the said strips being slottedlongitudinally. The inner ends of the strips 7 overlap, and the slotsregister and receive a bolt 8, upon which is mounted a thumb-nut 9. Theedge of the inner side-plate 6 is preferably provided with a scale. j

Projecting from the side plates 5 and 6 near the lower ends of thelatter and adjacent to their outer edges is a pair of threaded bolts 10,and the same pass through longitudinal slots 11v formed in a pair ofextension-'plates-12. These bolts are provided with thumb-nuts 13 bywhich the extension-plates may be adjusted on the side-plates 5 and 6for the purpose of lengthening the leg of the pattern. The lower ends ofthese plates have attached by any suitable means andv disposed theretoat right angles, inwardly disposed extensions or adj usting-strips 14,which are longitudinallyslotted at 15 and overlap each other and are adjustably connected by means of a bolt 16 and its thumb-nut 17.

It will thus be seen that I am enabled to lengthen the leg by extendingthe extensionplates 12, and that I am enabled to widen the leg byspreading the side-plates 5 and 6, and likewise may the bottom of thetrousers leg be widened through the medium of the adj ustable-strips 14,the parts being secured rigidly in any of their positions by means ofset-bolts and nuts.

Pivoted by a .rivet 18 to the outer upper corner of the side-plate 5 isa hip-plate 19, the same having its outer edge slightly curved so as tocorrespond with the hips of the wearer and extending above thebasel-plate 1. The

inner side-plate 6 has pivoted to its outer upper corner, b y a rivet20, a crotch-plate 2l,

which at its outer edge forms a continuation of the outer edge of theside plate 6, and terminates below the upper end of the baseplate 1.This crotch-plate is provided with a transverse slot 22 and upwardlythrough the same passes the threaded bolt 23 which has upon its upperend a clamping thumb-nut 24. It will be seen that this crotch-plate 21may move in or out with the inner side plate 6, and the same may swingupon its pivot 20 so as to increase the width of the trousers-leg at thehip and crotch.

25 designates the back-plate and the same roov testeo has its outer edgecurved,as shown, and forms an abrupt continuation of the plate 21. Atits lower end itis provided with a slot 26 and is adjustable in and outupon the same bolt 23 as is the crotch-plate 21. This plate 25 is alsoprovided with a scale, as shown.

The inner edges of the hip-plate 19 and the back-plate 25 are near theupper end of the base-plate 1 provided with inwardly disposed slottedadjustingstrips 27, and a bolt 28 passes upwardly through the base-plateand the aforesaid slots, and has mounted thereon a thumb-nut 29. l

Extending through the hip-plate 19 and the back-plate 25 near the outercorners thereof are bolts 30 which have applied to their upper endsthumb-nuts 3l. These plates pass through longitudinal slots 32 and 33respectively that are formed in extension-plates 35 and 36 respectively,of the hip and back-plates. The upper ends of these plates are providedwith inwardly disposed longitudinallyslotted strips 37 which areconnected by a bolt 38 and secured in position by its nut 39. Thebacksection is precisely the same as that described, and only diiers inone respect, and that is that its lower extension-plates 12 are providedat their outer edges with spring-forming strips 40, which are pivoted asat 41 at their upper ends to such extensions. These spring-formingstrips may be swung outward from the bottom of the leg and thus producemore or less spring to the bottom of the trousers produced from thepattern.

By myinvention it will be seen that by loosening the several nuts of theseveral bolts all of the parts may be extended or contracted from ortoward the base and thus the pattern for cutting trousers of any sizeproduced, the scale of inches arranged upon the different parts willserve to give accurate measurements and the pattern, it will beobserved, may be varied in its proportions at any point whateverregardless of the disproportions of the person for whom the trousers areto be cut.

It will be observed that the waist measure may be increased ordiminished through the medium of the bolt 38 and its nut that is byadjusting said bolt in the slots of the strips 37. Furthermore, that thehip measure may be increased or diminished 'through the niedium of thestrips 29 and their adjustments; that the thigh and knee may beincreased or diminished through the adjustment of the hip-plates andcrotch-plates 2l that the width of the trousers leg may be determined byan adjustment of the side-plates; and iinally that the length ofthe legtogether with the width at the bottom may be secured by an adjustment ofthe extension-strips 12 and 14.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the principle or sac-` riicingany of the details of this invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. The herein describedtrousers pattern, the same consisting of the base-plate 1, the sideplates 5 and G arranged at the opposite side edges of the base-plate andlaterally adjustable upon and extending below the lower end of the same,the extension-plates 12 adj ustably secured to the side-plates, thehipplate 19 pivoted to the upper end of the outer side-plate, thecrotch-plate 2l pivoted tov the upper end of the inner side plate, thelongitudinally disposed back-plate having its lower end attached to thecrotch-plate and laterally adjustable thereon, adjusting devices betweenthe hip and back plates, the extension plates 32 and 33 provided with anadjustingstrip at their upper ends, and the adjusting strips connectingthe outer ends of the extension plates 12, substantially as specified.

2. The herein described trousers pattern, the same consisting of thebase 1 having headed studs at its lower corners, the laterally slottedside plates 5 and 6 arranged adjustably upon the studs, the slottedextension-plates 12 at the lower ends of the side plates and having attheir lower ends the in-` wardly disposed slotted strips 14, theadjusting-bolts passed through the lower ends of the side-plates and theslots of the extensionplates and the slots in the strips, theadjusting-strips 7 at the upper ends of the side plates and theirbolt,`the hip-plate 19 pivoted at the upper end of the outer side-plate,the crotch-plate pivoted to the upper end` of the inner side-plate andhaving a transverse slot at its upper end, a bolt passed therethrough, acurved back-plate transversely slotted to receive the bolt,extension-plates at the upper ends of the back and hip-plates andprovided with slots, adjusting-bolts passed through the slots and saidback and hip-plates, transversely disposed slotted strips at the upperends of the extension-plates, and the adjusting-bolts through saidslots, substan- 'tially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afxed mysignature in the presence of two witnesses. .j

JOHN GERHARD NIEKAMP.

Witnesses:

ANTON BAEHMER, J. PAssMAN.

